Lesley Gore Quotes

I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

Music can't change the world.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

Like a lot of people, I'm interested in public service and want to do as much as I can to change the direction of this country and will give some consideration to that after midterm elections.

I'm not ready to give you a clear answer on whether electoral politics holds any particular hope for progressives. It would mean that nothing I did ever mattered.

I long for the day when there are things I feel strongly about politically.

When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

I came to Congress hoping to change the world; I now hope to be able to leave with my dignity.

As to politics, I am doing what I can for the cause.

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote.

Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!

The big umbrella issue is, do I make a bigger difference on the outside of political process or on the inside?

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

Politics for me is not business but a movement of which I am happy to be a part.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

Politics was put in front of me. I do politics because it's the vehicle for change and because I happen to be good at it... I had this sort of calm fearlessness, that some would call foolishness.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

I am such a political person.